Islamic illuminated manuscripts

artistic practice of calligraphy in the Islamic world

thumb|350px|An awards ceremony in Ibrahim Khan Lodi|Sultan Ibrahim's court before being sent on an expedition to [[Sambhal]] The Bāburnāma (; ) is the memoirs of Ẓahīr-ud-Dīn Muhammad Bābur (1483–1530), founder of the Mughal Empire and a great-great-great-grandson of Timur. It is written in the Chagatai language, known to Babur as Türki "Turkic", the spoken language of the Timurids.

work of literature and history, produced in the Mongol Ilkhanate

The Akbarnama () is the official chronicle of the reign of Akbar, the third Mughal Emperor (), commissioned by Akbar himself and written by his court historian and biographer, Abul Fazl. It was written in Persian, which was the literary language of the Mughals, and includes vivid and detailed descriptions of his life and times. It followed the Baburnama, the more personal memoir by his grandfather, Babur, founder of the dynasty. It was produced in the form of lavishly illustrated manuscripts.

particular style of South Asian painting confined to miniatures

art form in the Ottoman Empire

small Persian painting on paper

Tutinama (), literal meaning "Tales of a Parrot", is a 14th-century series of 52 stories in Persian. The work remains well-known largely because of a number of lavishly illustrated manuscripts, especially a version containing 250 miniature paintings commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in the 1550s. The Persian text used was edited in the 14th century from an earlier anthology 'Seventy Tales of the Parrot' in Sanskrit compiled under the title Śukasaptati (a part of katha literature) dated to the 12th century. In India, parrots (in light of their purported conversational abilities) are popu

thumb|200px|The Court of Akbar, an illustration from a manuscript of the Akbarnama The Ain-i-Akbari (), or the "Administration of Akbar", is a detailed document regarding the administration of the Mughal Empire under Emperor Akbar, written by his court historian, Abu'l Fazl, in the Persian language between 1589 and 1596. It forms Volume III and the final part of the much larger document, the Akbarnama (Account of Akbar), also by Abu'l-Fazl, and is itself in three volumes.

Turkish epic about the life of Muhammad

thumb|"The Spy Zanbur Bringing Mahiyya to the City of Tawariq", from the Akbar Hamzanama

poem by Amir Khusrow

14th and 15th century Arabic manuscript

book by al-Biruni

thumb|Abul Hasan and Manohar, with Jahangir in the Darbar, from the Jahangir-nama, . [[Gouache on paper.]]

semi-legendary XIV/XV century Iranian painter (or more likely group of painters) under whose name exist particular genre of islamic painting

1436 book

Illuminated Shahnameh manuscript from 1430

set of five poems by Nizami

Padshahnama or Badshah Nama (; ) is a group of works written as the official history of the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan I. Unillustrated texts are known as Shahjahannama, with Padshahnama used for the illustrated manuscript versions. These works are among the major sources of information about Shah Jahan's reign. Lavishly illustrated copies were produced in the imperial workshops, with many Mughal miniatures. Although military campaigns are given the most prominence, the illustrations and paintings in the manuscripts of these works illuminate life in the imperial court, depicting we

Persian collection of romantic tales

13th-century Arabic love story

collection of tales from the Middle East

thumb|Shamsa at the center of Ardabil Carpet. [[Iran, 1539-40. Victoria and Albert Museum]] upright=0.8|thumb|Shamsa in the Book frontispiece|frontispiece of the [[Ruzbihan Qur'an. Iran, . Chester Beatty Library]] upright=0.8|thumb|Shamsa bearing the names and titles of Shah Jahan. [[India, c. 1630-45. Metropolitan Museum of Art]] In Islamic art, a shamsa (Persian: شمسه shamseh, Arabic: شمسة shums, Ottoman Turkish: شمسه [Turkish: Şemse]) is an intricately decorated rosette or medallion which is used in many contexts, including manuscripts, carpets, ornamental metalwork and architectural decora

illuminated manuscript made in the Ottoman Empire in 1582

thumb|Youth kneeling and holding out a wine-cup. Safavid period, early 17th century. Isfahan School. Ink and color wash on paper. Freer Sackler Gallery F1928.10. thumb|Some verses in Persian nasta'liq script, probably always a single page meant for a muraqqa; 16–17th century.

17th century literary work describing a Hajj pilgrimage

The Hünername ( "Book of Talents", TSMK H.1523-1524) is an illustrated manuscript completed in 1584–1588 at the Ottoman court and preserved since then in Topkapı Palace in Istanbul. It contains the history of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire and particularly that of Suleiman the Magnificent. Bound in two volumes and illustrated with 89 double-page miniatures, it is one of the most famous Ottoman manuscripts.

thumb|Suleiman marching with his army in Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic|Nakhichevan, summer 1554, during the Ottoman-Safavid War of 1532–1555. One of the scenes of the Süleymannâme.

small paintings on paper

small Islamic paintings on paper

Timurid dynasty pattern scroll

Mughal era painting in MAK collection

The '''''Şeca'atname''' (, Şecāʿatnāme or Šajāʿat-nāme'', "Book of Valor" or "Book of Bravery") was an illustrated record of the exploits of the Ottoman statesman and general Özdemiroǧlu Osman Pasha during the Ottoman–Safavid War (1578–1590), written by his secretary Dal Mehmed Çelebi Asafi (d. 1597–98) and completed in September 1586.

school of Islamic art